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Discovery of a redshifted X-ray emission line in the symbiotic neutron star binary 4U 1700+24

arXiv:astro-ph/0506590 · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20035742

Abstract

We present the spectral analysis of an XMM-Newton observation of the X-ray binary 4U 1700+24, performed during an outburst in August 2002. The EPIC-PN spectrum above 1 keV can be modeled by a blackbody plus Comptonization model, as in previous observations. At lower energies, however, we detect a prominent soft excess, which we model with a broad Gaussian centered at ~0.5 keV. In the high resolution RGS spectrum we detect a single emission line, centered at 19.19^{+0.05}_{-0.09} Å. We discuss two possible interpretations for this line: O VIII at redshift z=0.012^{+0.002}_{-0.004} or Ne IX at redshift z~0.4.

arXiv comment5 pages, 2 figures, A&A accepted

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